Recap time. May sucked! Somethings went right, I did get out on my bike more, 4 times for at least 2 miles each time. I know it doesn't seem like much but that is at least 4 more days that I would have done nothing otherwise, it goes in the win column. I also learned how hard it is to do simple balance poses on a full size trampoline. If you do yoga and have access to one or can get into one of those trampoline cardio classes do it. I could really feel a difference in my ankles, which lead to looser calves, #2 in my win column. I lost 7 workouts to either rain or pure laziness, they go to my needs to improve column. I finished the month with a total mileage (running, biking and walking) of 77.49, which even if you subtract out the bike miles is still 10 more miles than April, win #3 for the month.
June will be better. It has to be. June I think is the hardest month to run in, in Houston. Any hope of cool and less humid days is gone. Summer hits and your body is no where near as acclimated as you would like it to be. Getting in afternoon runs to help speed the process along helps but nothing helps more than just plain ole' consistency in your schedule. I am also now officially Marathon training. Well I should be anyways. I have my first meeting with the Cypress-Fit group towards the middle of the month to help me get motivated for my next goal.
That "postponed" half I mentioned in an earlier post, the Coasting the Coast Galveston. I really think it's starting to look like more of a scammed race but only time will tell on that one. It was called off the day before it's first packet pick up and when runners pressure them to be able to pick up their bibs and t-shirts they were answered back with a long list of excuses as to why they couldn't do it. Most importantly that they have neither to give out and it being 8 days from the race leads me to believe is was set up as a scam run. About 2 hours after it was posted on their FB page the page was shut down by the organizers so that also leads to something funny going on. I did what I could to request a refund thru Groupon and also filed disputed claim with my credit card to see if I could at least get my money back that way, since it is obvious it will not be refunded by the RD of the race. Really thankful I didn't pay full price. It does however break the one-half a month streak I had going since October. I am working on getting some of my running ladies together instead to cover the distance so at least the training won't be for nothing.
Now the only race I have for June is the No Label 5k on the 14th. I am however joining the Houston Marathon Committee for their 2 events this month, National Run Day and the Run for a Reason Kickoff Party both in Memorial Park and of course there is always the HWP free 5k to look forward to. Since I have no long race for the month I am going to focus on keeping my long run in the 10 mile range. Also I am back on with the full week of training, one day speed, one day easy to acclimate and one day tempo.
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